* Provide classification determination and maintain hazardous and non-hazardous material classifications, all modes, within the company's data base (SAP) and MSDS system

* Work with various federal and international agencies to ensure full compliance with applicable regulations including hazardous materials registration with DOT, registration of company products with MARPOL, and assignment of current, or as required request new STCC

Managed a regional hazardous material transportation program for 8 northwestern states, served as regional expert in hazardous materials matters, developing training seminars for regional staff of federal and state inspectors, managed a training budget, conducted joint operations for State Directors, Regional Administrators, Staff Director, Transport Canada and inspectors, reviewed technical reports on inspections, audits, investigations, and hazardous materials incidents, conducted liaison with senior management in railroad, chemical and car building industries, wrote annual regional inspection plan and assist inspectors in developing goals and objectives consistent with the national and regional plans, conducted evaluation job performance of inspectors, and assisted other federal, state and local governments to understand the transportation of hazardous materials through the region and worked cooperatively to enhance safety and health of workers and public, assigned or investigated citizen, labor or Congressional Complaints, served as a liaison with labor representatives

* Served as agency Liaison at Highly Visibility Leaking Propane Tank car in Billings, Montana by working with industry and carrier experts to oversee the transfer of the lading and transport the defective tank car

* Received Superior Achievement Award for Action to Prevent Injury at a Chemical Incident

* Conducted Accident Investigations as Inspector in Charge at High Visibility Accidents

* Inspected thousands of hazardous materials tank cars in railroad yards and in chemical plants for compliance with the requirements for proper securement of the lading, periodic valve and tank retesting, mechanical maintenance, marking and placarding

* Conducted a locomotive inspection upon request of regional administrator regarding a union complaint in absence of MP&E Specialist and Inspector

* Received an Award for my action and follow up with senior carrier

management to provide for improved inspections and training

at large shop facilities

* Planned and conducted a Multi-Agency Task Force Assessment with other local, state, federal agencies and Transport Canada on hazmat safety and security at west coast ports

* Received an award for the planning of the joint hazardous materials agency initiative with other agencies and Transport Canada

* Served as Acting Regional Administrator and received an award for handling of the national mayors' conference held in Boise, ID and a multi-train accident

* Developed statistics and identified a major safety flaw in vertical restraint couplers in the U.S., which included private rail car shop inspections in Wyoming and California and received an award

* Served as Acting Hazardous Materials Staff Director during the absence of the hazmat specialists at headquarters, where I acted as advisor to Office of Chief Counsel on hazmat issues, liaison with chemical industry, carriers, and NTSB etc.

* Served in Accident Reports Section at headquarters, where I acted as a liaison on national accidents

* Served in Hazardous Materials Section at headquarters to assist them with projects, such as analyzing hazardous material incidents and developing an advanced hazardous material training program for inspectors

* Conducted Crossing Accident Investigations and Operation Life Saver Presentations to School Bus Drivers, Commercial vehicle drivers, driver education classes, and school children from primary to high school on crossing and trespasser safety issues and received an award

* Participated with a national inspection and data collection on the mechanical and operating concerns with intermodal safety for future regulations and received an award

* Participated with a national team to develop a training program for hazardous materials inspectors and received an award

* Identified Defective Vertical Restraint Couplers in hazardous materials service after my initial work resulted in the Association of American Railroads (AAR) placing a special notice in their Field Manual

* Traveled to Peoples Republic of China with an international safety and health delegation, lecturing at universities, government professional associations, and industries throughout China (1989)

* Developed a chemical safety risk management program for a chemical company to audit class I railroads for a major chemical company and conducted meetings with corporate senior management of carriers and inspections of system programs, followed by field inspections to ensure compliance with best operating and safety practices, and applicable association and federal rules and regulations

* Conducted field accident investigation of a wrongful death, was deposed by defendant and settled out of court

* Conducted Annual Tank Car Survey in Pennsylvania and West Virginia for identifying mechanical defects in DOT specification tank cars for mechanical maintenance, periodic retest, marking and placarding, and securement of the lading of thousands of tank cars

* Developed and presented the first chemical industry/railway safety symposium on Campus of West Virginia State, which was the predecessor to the Bureau of Explosives Seminars (1985)

* Assisted Marshall University in several national safety conferences as a speaker and exhibitor on railroad safety issues.

* Identified serious national safety concern with the mechanical stability of vertical restraint couplers which were equipped with a welded top shelf, follow up included the AAR placing a reference in their Field Manual to replace the welded couplers (1985)

* Speaker at the First International Conference of the Mechanical Training Officers Association in Louisville, KY (1987)

* Interviewed by Marcia Salter of ABC Wide World News Tonight in a three part series on individually initiatives in environmental safety and health (1985)

* Identified a serious operational and training concern with a major chemical company and assisted them in developing a corporate communication and quality program to deal with the issues

* Participated on system safety audits of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (ATK) on operating practices and dispatcher auditing

* Served as Team Leader on the Burlington Northern Railroad Company Regional Dispatchers Audit after a series of fatal collisions

* Served as an operating practices auditor on the Southeastern Transportation Authority (SEPTA) in Philadelphia

* Served as a hazardous materials auditor on the Consolidated Rail Corporation (CONRAIL) system safety audit (1987)

* Served as a hazardous materials auditor on the Norfolk & Western Railway N&W) system safety assessment (1987)

* Served as an Auditor for the National Train Dispatchers Assessment

* Served as an Auditor of mechanical survey of maintenance of way cars on the CSX Transportation, Inc.

* Received Commendation from Governor Arch Moore of West Virginia for bringing a national chemical safety conference to the state

*Trained State Inspectors from Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia in operating practices, motive power and equipment and hazardous materials safety

Dec 1970 - May 1980 Telegrapher/Agent/Dispatcher

Canadian Pacific Ltd.

Saint John, NB Canada

Served as Telegrapher/Agent, acting as a liaison for dispatcher with train, maintenance of way, and engine crews, operating freight and passenger stations, collecting revenues, managing land and buildings, preparing accounting reports, ordering freight cars, working with shippers to weigh bill their freight and route it properly to destination, order freight cars for loading, preparing switching instructions for crews, managing clerical staff, and preparing payroll

Served as Train Dispatcher supervising train and equipment movements over the division, reporting performance to senior management at division and region

Supervised and prepared documentation for U.S. and Canada Customs operations

Oct 1966 - Dec 1970 Telegrapher/Agent/Bridges & Buildings Painter

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company

Hermon, ME

Served as Telegrapher/Agent, acting as a liaison for dispatcher with train, maintenance of way, and engine crews, operating freight and passenger stations, collecting revenues, managing land and buildings, preparing accounting reports, ordering freight cars, working with shippers to weigh bill their freight and route it properly to destination, order freight cars for loading, preparing switching instructions for crews, managing clerical staff, and preparing payroll

* Received a Commendation from H.P. Lee, Superintendent of Transportation for acts at a fire which resulted in removal of several loaded freight cars from a burning building

* Managed high volume stations at seaport terminal and large newsprint paper operations